Whom ever the Paper Emperor Fights it will be for the most money he can get for the least possibility for damage to himself or his "legacy". That's the way it has been for his last 20-25 fights fights. It can only get worse.

at 40 years old with 40 fights under his belt i dont blame him.

werdum, silva, henderson, monson, arlovski,sylvia, linland, hunt, coleman, crocop, brett rogers ( he was undefeated and was coming off a ko of arlovski and was ranked in all media outlets )

who else is he supposed to fight outside of the ufc?? his management wouldnt allow him to compete in the ufc and he fought for evry other big league that was available and ran through all of the people until he hit trouble in strikeforce.